Drought of order
Posted by: not-Greg in Bradley, DMF, Real Madrid, pes4, tags: Bradley, DMF, pes4, Real MadridThere are times in Master League when, puzzlingly, for no apparent reason whatsoever, you can go several games without scoring a goal. Often the CPU teams can’t score either. 0-0 draws become the order of the day.
My longest such run was back in PES4, I think—about half a dozen games at the start of one season passed without a goalie having to pick the ball out of the back of the net.
The scoreless runs can strike at any time, but I have noticed that they’re most common at the start of a season when you’re playing with several new players and/or you finished the previous season badly.
One day soon I’ll have to look, in detail, at the long-running and vexed question of whether there is a player/team hidden morale setting in Master League. I think there isn’t, but plenty think otherwise.
Here at the start of season 2012 I’ve played four games and scored no goals. I’ve conceded just one goal, against Real Madrid, which meant I lost that game 0-1. With the scoreline blank I was more than holding my own and would have been satisfied with the 0-0 draw. They got the goal in the 87th minute or some accursed minute like that. Damn them all to hell.
The other three games, against various Deportivos and Atleticos etc., all gave me a point apiece. The teams up at the top are already on 12 points and 10 points and so on. I’ve got 3 points. Already, it’ll take a Herculean effort, or failing that an actual miracle, to catch them up. Already, I might just be playing for pride, and for cash, with next season in mind.
Finishing high enough to qualify for Europe has got to be my only realistic target. Could I get into a Champions League spot? Unlikely.
The only bright spot has been Bradley. He’s been ridiculously effective as a DMF.
Bradley was absent from the Madrid game due to tiredness (which may have been a factor in their goal—it built up down the middle). In the other games I’ve found him to be almost superhuman as a defensive force in midfield, great going forward, and a competent stand-in at CB when required.
The only thing he’s let me down on so far is putting the ball in the back of the net. Every time I get him on the ball in the ‘DMF shooting hole’ (everyone who plays a 4-3-3 like mine will know exactly where that is) I let rip with stupendous shots galore. They’ve nearly all gone close, but have either hit woodwork or been saved. One day soon I’m going to score a sixty-yarder with Bradley. I just know it.
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It’s strange, Bradley has been a beast both in defense and in attack for me from day one. In my master league he currently has 99 for shot power and 96 for shot accuracy. I actually refrain from using his middle shooting ability too much, as it gets boring. He can score consistently from outside the box, just position him, let him tap the ball ahead a bit, and let it rip. I’m sure “your” Bradley will get there pretty soon.
Mirandinha—this is my first experience with the ‘proper’ Bradley, remember. The PS3 version’s Bradley doesn’t count. Hell, nearly every player on that game was a potential Bradley. That’s only a slight exaggeration.
I’ve played many more games now, many of them with Bradley. I’ll be posting more about that young man in the days to come…
What I like best about him, besides the shooting abilities, is his 99 body balance stat. He’s a strong lad, our Bradley. He can push nearly anyone off the ball, and it’s very hard to stop him. Much like my favourite PES player this year, Kim Cyun Hi. Did I mention that Kim, at 25, is reaching the 400 goal mark? I believe I can get him to score 1000 goals, something unheard of for me. A true record. I’m still playing that Konami all-star team Master League: Fredriksson GK, Doesburg RB, Bos CB, Mattson CB, Prieto LB (I know, not an LB, but I really like him, and didn’t know where to put him), Bradley DMF, Kaiser CMF, Khumalo AMF, Shaw LWF, Koeman RWF, Kim Cyun Hi CF.
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